aggregated from: Vancouverite

Watching Hope For Haiti Now telethon (special). I think hearing Beyonce update her Halo lyrics to include the following: Haiti, we can see your halo/ You know you're my saving grace, she sang. You're everything I need and more, it's written all ove...

aggregated from: Vancouverite

I'm not sure what is more awesome: 1. That Susan Sarandon owns a ping pong club2. That some models will be playing ping pong3. That said models will be playing ping pong at Susan Sarandons ping pong club. 4. That said models will be playing ping pong...

topics: menu, yaletown

aggregated from: Chow Times

Ever since Alejandra and Estanislao started telling me finer points about Mexican food, I get more interested in finding out about it. I used to be so oblivious about Mexican food. If you ask me, I would not be able to name one Mexican restaurant or ...

topics: cheese, menu, restaurant, restaurant-review, restaurants

aggregated from: Vancouver Condo Info

Yessir, the good old days are back in the Vancouver condo presales market and the Province has the news. This weekend buyers lined up in the rain, some reportedly sleeping on the street over night to get a chance to buy a presales contract. The d...

topics: condo, real-estate, realtor, yaletown

aggregated from: Vancouverite

OMG, that dog, he's just so excited to pee all over Switzerland's flag! Super Fun! And just when I thought Yaletown couldn't get any more awful, they go and participate in some sort of hideous flag walk. According to the brochure: Picture yourself ...

topics: restaurant, vancouver-2010, yaletown

aggregated from: Vancouverite

Twilight star Ashley Greene was asked about being in Vancouver in USA Today. It's green. And hey, her last name's Greene too! You can kayak and hike. It's kind of like New York, but not really, and Italy is better. Vancouver. I've been here for the ...

topics: gastown, hiking, kayaking, restaurant, restaurants

aggregated from: Vancouverite

FridayKick off your 3-martini Friday lunch in style. 11:30 AM at the Hyatt Regency (655 Burrard St) you can go deep inside the vast right wing conspiracy and do lunch at the Fraser Institute. It's a lively discussion on how awesome the new HST Tax is...

topics: theatre, wine, yaletown

aggregated from: Chow Times

Suanne and I went to Hamilton Street in Yaletown for our Friday dinner out. Of all places, we chose a restaurant along Hamilton St because I want to check out the happening street during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. I read in the papers that...

topics: dining, menu, oysters, restaurant, restaurant-review

aggregated from: Vancouverite

So i'm watching MTV Canada's new reality show, Peak Season tonight. The 10-episode show filmed in the home of the Olympics at Whistler is The Hills mixed with more Real World and at least 50% less reality. Anything with cameras makes it less real, so...

topics: olympics, skiing, whistler, yaletown

aggregated from: Vancouverite

FridayTonight, Spike Jonze brings creepy big head creatures to the big screen from the children's book Where the Wild Things Are. I think I can wait for Movie Central or TBS to be honest. Spike Jonze is great, but kids movies are kinda lame and scree...

topics: film-festival, restaurants, vancouver-film, writer, yaletown